WB vocab chp 11 Word Scramble
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| Break-of-bulk point | a location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another |
| Bulk-gaining-industry | An industry in which the final product weighs more than the inputs |
| Bulk-reducing industry | An industry in whoch the final product weighs less than the inputs |
| Cottage industry | Manufacturing based in homes rather than in facyorys found in Industrial Revoulution |
| Fordist Production | Form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perfom repeatedly |
| Industrial Revolution | A series of improvments in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods |
| Labor-Intensive industry | An industry where labor cost comprise a high percentage of total expenses |
| Maquiladora | U.S factories built or near the mexican or us border to take advantage of low labor cost |
| New International Divison of labor | transfer spme types of jobs espically those requiring low paid, less skilled workers from MDCS to LDCS |
| Outsourincg | A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsiblity for production on independent suppliers |
| Post-Fordist Movement | Adoption by companies of flexible work rules such as the allocation of workers to teams that perform various tasks |
| Right-to-work state | A US satate that has passed a law preventing a union or company from neogationg a contract that requires workers to join a union as a conditon employment |
| Site-factors | location factors cost of factors of production inside the plant |
| Situation factors | Location factors related to the tranportation of materials into and from a factory |
| Textile | a fabric made by weaving used to make clothes |
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